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PJ.781.032
8 Sep 1781:23, 31 (1420)
Extract of a letter from his excellency General Washington,
to the president of congress, dated Chester, September 5,
three o'clock p.m.
With the highest pleasure, I do myself the honour to
transmit to your excellency the inclosed copy of a letter
from General Gist. It announces the safe arrival, in the
Chesapeake, of Admiral de Grasse, with 28 ships of the line,
--On this happy event, I beg your excellency to accept my
warmest congratulations. . . .
Upon the above new arriving in the city, the bells of
Christ Church were rung, and joy appeared in every
countenance. . . .
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